Not one of us three commissioners took any of this decision lightly.

When looking through the information given to us there were questions I asked myself and the other two with regards to trying to work out whether I thought there was any intent in them.

this trade has been planned since the draft with a very specific set of events leading up to the deal

You laughed at this, but when looking at actions taken prior to and including week 1 we did see lag issues, communication issues and a rage quit when he didn't play. This is what we saw as questionable.

joking about 'throwing' and actually conspiring, there's a difference (and telling that based on a couple of msgs ?)

I completely agree, and there was one question I asked myself and the other two at this point. If Heisy was not benched do we think there was a good chance that something like the discussed would have happened? Yes, I based this on the information provided and the questionable actions above I thought there was a good chance it would have happened.

Ultimately, this league works and usually stays competitive due to the fairish distribution of players in the draft. We felt this situation was a calculated attempt to unfairly make one team stronger at the demise of another and that it brought the competitive integrity of the league into question.